Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Graeme Donald Sams
- Nickname(s)
- Sambo
- Born
- Wednesday, 13th November, 1946
- Died
- Sunday, 31st January, 1999 (Aged 52 years and 79 days)
Biography
Sutherland junior was a fine cover defender as a centre and lock with Cronulla during the club’s foundation years, and later with St George in the early 1970s. Sams passed away in 1999, aged 52, after a long battle with cancer.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 160 | 17 | - | - | 51 | 72 | 82 | 6 | 45.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 26 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 42.31% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 191 | 20 | - | - | 60 | 85 | 104 | 7 | 44.50% | List | |||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1967 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7.69% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1968 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 23.81% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1969 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 22.73% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1970 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1971 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1972 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1973 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1974 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1975 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1976 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1977 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | 1967-70, 1975-77 | 86 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 26 | 58 | 2 | 30.23% | List | ||||
| St George | 1971-74 | 74 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 46 | 24 | 4 | 62.16% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1967-1977 | 160 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 72 | 82 | 6 | 45.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
17/12/2018
great defender with a ton of courage , never stopped
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